Living Tao Foundation

Legal name: Oregon Living Tao Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270366437
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Gold Beach, OR, USA
Phone
5412475488
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hinduism
Affiliation
Hinduism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$91,416
Expenses
$112,954
Assets
$234,455
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHUNGLIANG AL HUANG (PRESIDENT)
  • SUZANNE HUANG (VICE-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CHUNGLIANG AL HUANG (PRESIDENT)
  • SUZANNE HUANG (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • ALEXANDER MURRAY (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Living Tao Foundation is a nonprofit organization devoted to East/West cultural synthesis and supports the creation of Tai Ji events and seminars applying ancient wisdom to modern living worldwide. As a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization, the Living Tao Foundation is grateful for the loyalty and generosity of our members and contributors. Please consider becoming a member or making a tax-deductible contribution to help ensure our mission, legacy, and Master Huang’s heartfelt wish to continue teaching, online and in person, the Essential Tai Ji Practice Repertoire with concentrated review and in-depth solidification of the most ESSENTIAL of our CORE learning. Donation Membership.

What it reported doing in 2024

Taoism, tai-ji practice, brush caligraphy and i ching study

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -23.6%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.08; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -78.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.9% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.